I have been following the messages on this subject and may be able to contribute. I was born in 1925 and grew up in Nacogdoches. I had a few relatives there, some friends and knew a lot of people at school and church. I married my high school sweetheart and we still have relatives and friends there. Jo and I were married when we were nineteen and life began. We were off into another world — in the Navy, at College and, at Jobs in New York, California, and Virginia. But there was always a tie to Nacogdoches. Jo and our family was there when I was aboard ship during WW II and the Korean War and we managed to get home about once a year during other times. In 1980 we returned to Texas and a short time later I became interested in Genealogy and spent many week-ends in Nacogdoches at the courthouse and the library. I soon discovered we were related to many of my high school classmates. I knew my grandparents, Houston BALLARD and Martha Elizabeth HILL. I knew two of granddad’s brothers, Uncle Hughy and Uncle Pete and there was a picture on the wall of Uncle Bill BALLARD who had died in 1904. Grandmother’s brother Thomas Parker HILL had died about the time I was born but I knew and had visited his family. No one alive in 1982 (including my father’s two brothers) knew who my BALLARD great grandparents were. I later found from my granddad’s death record that his parents were William M. and Elizabeth Boozer Ballard. That’s why all the Boozers in Nacogdoches were called ‘Cousin.’ I knew my mother’s parents Benjamin A. and Emma WHITE JONES. I found that Ben’s mother was a COMBIE but still haven’t identified his father. JONES is a pretty common name. I knew two of Emma’s sisters, Aunt Paralee and Aunt Asilee and knew some of their children and grandchildren. I soon found that Thomas Duncan White and Anne Elizabeth Fedilia Petty were my great grandparents. Her parents were William Howard Petty and Sarah Power, daughter of Holloway Lee Power. I soon realized that I was related ( by blood or marriage) to about half of the people that were in Nacogdoches when we were in school. My wife, Jo, was related to the other half. I recently started a project about my children’s early immigrant ancestors which include the WRIGHTs and PETTYs. The following is an excerpt from that document. IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS OF WILLIAM PETTY Jr. & LUCRETIA WRIGHT Perhaps it is appropriate to digress here and discuss the immigrant ancestors of our 6gr-grandparents William Petty Jr. and Lucretia Wright. William’s father was William Sr., son of Thomas Petty IV and 5g-grandson of the immigrant ancestor (c.1643) Thomas Petty I. The direct descendants Thomas (Petit) I Petty and Katherine Morris to William Jr. are: 1 Thomas (Petit) I Petty 1608 - 1663 .... +Katherine Morris 1639 - 1693 ......... 2 Thomas II (Petit) Petty 1664 - 1720 ............. +Rachel Wilson 1668 - .................... 3 Thomas III Petty 1686 - 1750 ........................ +Catherine Garton - 1748 ............................... 4 Thomas IV Petty 1706 - 1770 ................................... +Elizabeth Moore 1710 - ........................................... 5 William Sr Rev Petty 1730 - 1805 ............................................... +Lettice 1730 - ...................................................... 6 William Jr Petty/Pettey 1764 - 1834 .......................................................... +Lucretia Wright 1767 - 1842 See the discussion of Thomas Petty I below. More details on these ancestors and their kin can be found in THOMAS PETTY (PETTIT) Of Rappahannock, Virginia, His Ancestors and Descendants, by Vaughn Ballard (1994, Family Histories). I got a start on this Petty family history from The Petteys of East Texas, by Harry Pettey, Doris Medlin, and Vivian Parks, and from PETTY, of England & Virginia; WRIGHT, of Virginia ......., by Gerald M. Petty. I've tried to confirm all of the information used from these book and to draw my own conclusions from the census, wills, deeds, and other records. The books marked a trail. If I misread the signs, that was my fault. Karl and Barbara Edler did the research on the descendants of John Petty who was a grandson of Thomas of Rappahannock. John Petty was Barbara Edler's forbear. Lucretia Wrights immigrant ancestors are more interesting. Her WRIGHT Immigrant ancestor was Richard Wright. He married Ann Mottrom, the daughter of another immigrant ancestor, Col John Mottrom. Richard and Ann’s son, Francis Wright married Anne Washington, the daughter of Col. John Washington and Ann Pope. Ann was the daughter of Nathaniel Pope and his wife Lucy. John Washington and Nathaniel Pope were also immigrant ancestors. 1 Capt. Richard Whittington Wright 1633 - 1663 .. +Ann Mottrom 1639 - 1713 ......... 2 Francis Wright 1660 - 1713 ............. +Anne Washington 1659 - 1697 .................... 3 John I Wright 1686 - 1739 ........................ +Dorothy Awbrey ............................... 4 John II Wright 1707 - 1791 ................................... +Elizabeth Bronaugh 1710 - 1791 ........................................... 5 John III Wright 1732 - 1789 ............................................... +Ann Williams 1735 - 1825 ...................................................... 6 Lucretia Wright 1765 - 1842 .......................................................... +William Jr Petty|pettey 1764 - 1834 These ancestors will be discussed below in the order of their arrival in America.

You probably know Jesse PETTEY, my husband's cousin (his father and my husband's PETTEY grandmother were siblings) who grew up there and now lives in Houston. You, my husband and Jesse are cousins, but I don't know for sure where you would fit in the cousin chart. My husband's grandmother was Cora Alma PETTEY Berry. :-) I am having the dickens of a time finding anything about George W. BERRY b.~1853 LA, who married 22 May 1907 Wylma, TX, Cora Alma PETTEY b. 31 Aug 1884 TX, d. 1980 Houston, TX. After their marriage, I don't think they lived in Nacogdoches, but rather, in Tenaha, Shelby, TX. Adrian S. Balch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vaughn Ballard" <vballard@airmail.net> To: <TXNACOGD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [TXNAC] Power > I have been following the messages on this subject and may be able to > contribute. > I was born in 1925 and grew up in Nacogdoches. I had a few relatives > there, some friends and knew a lot of people at school and church. I > married my high school sweetheart and we still have relatives and friends > there. > Jo and I were married when we were nineteen and life began. We were off > into another world — in the Navy, at College and, at Jobs in New York, > California, and Virginia. But there was always a tie to Nacogdoches. Jo > and our family was there when I was aboard ship during WW II and the > Korean War and we managed to get home about once a year during other > times. > In 1980 we returned to Texas and a short time later I became interested in > Genealogy and spent many week-ends in Nacogdoches at the courthouse and > the library. I soon discovered we were related to many of my high school > classmates. I knew my grandparents, Houston BALLARD and Martha Elizabeth > HILL. I knew two of granddad’s brothers, Uncle Hughy and Uncle Pete and > there was a picture on the wall of Uncle Bill BALLARD who had died in > 1904. Grandmother’s brother Thomas Parker HILL had died about the time I > was born but I knew and had visited his family. No one alive in 1982 > (including my father’s two brothers) knew who my BALLARD great > grandparents were. I later found from my granddad’s death record that his > parents were William M. and Elizabeth Boozer Ballard. That’s why all the > Boozers in Nacogdoches were called ‘Cousin.’ > I knew my mother’s parents Benjamin A. and Emma WHITE JONES. I found that > Ben’s mother was a COMBIE but still haven’t identified his father. JONES > is a pretty common name. I knew two of Emma’s sisters, Aunt Paralee and > Aunt Asilee and knew some of their children and grandchildren. I soon > found that Thomas Duncan White and Anne Elizabeth Fedilia Petty were my > great grandparents. Her parents were William Howard Petty and Sarah Power, > daughter of Holloway Lee Power. > I soon realized that I was related ( by blood or marriage) to about half > of the people that were in Nacogdoches when we were in school. My wife, > Jo, was related to the other half. > I recently started a project about my children’s early immigrant ancestors > which include the WRIGHTs and PETTYs. The following is an excerpt from > that document. > > IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS OF WILLIAM PETTY Jr. & LUCRETIA WRIGHT > Perhaps it is appropriate to digress here and discuss the immigrant > ancestors of our 6gr-grandparents William Petty Jr. and Lucretia Wright. > William’s father was William Sr., son of Thomas Petty IV and 5g-grandson > of the immigrant ancestor (c.1643) Thomas Petty I. > The direct descendants Thomas (Petit) I Petty and Katherine Morris to > William Jr. are: > 1 Thomas (Petit) I Petty 1608 - 1663 > .... +Katherine Morris 1639 - 1693 > ......... 2 Thomas II (Petit) Petty 1664 - 1720 > ............. +Rachel Wilson 1668 - > .................... 3 Thomas III Petty 1686 - 1750 > ........................ +Catherine Garton - 1748 > ............................... 4 Thomas IV Petty 1706 - 1770 > ................................... +Elizabeth Moore 1710 - > ........................................... 5 William Sr Rev Petty 1730 - > 1805 > ............................................... +Lettice 1730 - > ...................................................... 6 William Jr > Petty/Pettey 1764 - 1834 > .......................................................... +Lucretia > Wright 1767 - 1842 > See the discussion of Thomas Petty I below. > More details on these ancestors and their kin can be found in THOMAS PETTY > (PETTIT) Of Rappahannock, Virginia, His Ancestors and Descendants, by > Vaughn Ballard (1994, Family Histories). I got a start on this Petty > family history from The Petteys of East Texas, by Harry Pettey, Doris > Medlin, and Vivian Parks, and from PETTY, of England & Virginia; WRIGHT, > of Virginia ......., by Gerald M. Petty. I've tried to confirm all of the > information used from these book and to draw my own conclusions from the > census, wills, deeds, and other records. The books marked a trail. If I > misread the signs, that was my fault. Karl and Barbara Edler did the > research on the descendants of John Petty who was a grandson of Thomas of > Rappahannock. John Petty was Barbara Edler's forbear. > > Lucretia Wrights immigrant ancestors are more interesting. Her WRIGHT > Immigrant ancestor was Richard Wright. He married Ann Mottrom, the > daughter of another immigrant ancestor, Col John Mottrom. Richard and Ann’s > son, Francis Wright married Anne Washington, the daughter of Col. John > Washington and Ann Pope. Ann was the daughter of Nathaniel Pope and his > wife Lucy. John Washington and Nathaniel Pope were also immigrant > ancestors. > 1 Capt. Richard Whittington Wright 1633 - 1663 > .. +Ann Mottrom 1639 - 1713 > ......... 2 Francis Wright 1660 - 1713 > ............. +Anne Washington 1659 - 1697 > .................... 3 John I Wright 1686 - 1739 > ........................ +Dorothy Awbrey > ............................... 4 John II Wright 1707 - 1791 > ................................... +Elizabeth Bronaugh 1710 - 1791 > ........................................... 5 John III Wright 1732 - 1789 > ............................................... +Ann Williams 1735 - 1825 > ...................................................... 6 Lucretia Wright > 1765 - 1842 > .......................................................... +William Jr > Petty|pettey 1764 - 1834 > These ancestors will be discussed below in the order of their arrival in > America. > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.8/22 - Release Date: 6/17/2005 > >